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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2013, 7:02 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2013, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 240 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 S Warroad, MN | |
| Aug 24, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 4 S Salol, MN | PUBLIC FACEBOOK REPORT RELAYED VIA MEDIA PARTNER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2085 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107
WFUS53 KFGF 250002
TORFGF
MNC077-135-250045-
/O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0011.130825T0002Z-130825T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
702 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 700 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SALOL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WARROAD AROUND 715 PM CDT.
SWIFT AROUND 720 PM CDT.
ARNESEN AROUND 740 PM CDT.
LONG POINT AROUND 745 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4921 9478 4914 9477 4910 9474 4899 9470
4896 9471 4868 9553 4888 9570 4901 9536
4901 9516 4909 9517 4923 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 241DEG 30KT 4883 9549
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JK1 follow-up statement
089
WWUS53 KFGF 250018
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
718 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2013
MNC077-135-250045-
/O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130825T0045Z/
LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-ROSEAU MN-
718 PM CDT SAT AUG 24 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN ROSEAU AND
CENTRAL LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM CDT...
AT 714 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF SALOL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...SPORADIC DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WARROAD AROUND 720 PM CDT.
ARNESEN AROUND 745 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND
FORKS.
&&
LAT...LON 4921 9478 4914 9477 4910 9474 4899 9470
4896 9471 4868 9553 4888 9570 4901 9536
4901 9516 4909 9517 4923 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 237DEG 29KT 4891 9543
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 48 min |
| Aug 24, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pennington | 55 min |
| Aug 24, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 52 min |
| Aug 25, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 5:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 9:51 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 9 hr |
| Aug 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard | 63 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.